Engineer, AI Platforms and Solutions
Listed on 2026-08-05
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Software Development
AI Engineer (Applied/Software)
Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group >
Software Engineering
General
Summary:
We are looking for a hands-on software engineer for our Qualcomm’s enterprise AI platform focused on knowledge retrieval engineering, agentic pipeline development, agent runtime management and agent powered applications.
This is a fast-paced, execution-focused role involving rapid delivery of features, continuous iteration on pipelines, building new agentic solutions for business processes and integration of agentic capabilities into existing solutions.
This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week).
** This role is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.
Work on enterprise-scale AI powered search and retrieval systems supporting various downstream applications and agents.
Design and improve end-to-end pipelines (ingestion → embedding → indexing → retrieval) with objective evaluation and test harnesses
Develop and integrate APIs/services/MCP/agent-tools to expose ML/AI capabilities
Improve retrieval relevance, chunking strategies, and embedding quality
Evaluate and debug search quality issues, hallucinations, and grounding failures
Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to deliver production-grade enterprise features
Strong Python and Rust skills for data processing and application development
Experience with Search systems (Lexical, Semantic)
Understanding of ML fundamentals and NLP/embeddings
Hands-on experience with RAG systems and LLM-based applications
Experience building AI applications (including Agentic AI workflows)
Experience with API/service development (REST)
Solid understanding of Agentic frameworks (Lang Chain, Agno, etc.,)
Tracing/observability tools for LLM systems
Experience with Elasticsearch / vector search
Docker / Kubernetes exposure
Multi-agent systems and evaluation frameworks
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found . Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process.
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Pay range
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